Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Aren't they gorgeous?
I rarely buy cut flowers for myself, I'm allergic to so many that having flowers inside means putting them out in the cold every night so that I can sleep and they just don't last long with that kind of treatment.
But I'd never seen this colour before and since I had dark blue and aqua in my curtain fabric I thought they'd look good in my lounge room.
And they do.

Monday, May 30, 2011

I did something last weekend that I haven't done in years.
No, really, it's been years!

I polished my furniture.
This is something that I used to do almost on a weekly basis.
Since moving here though, it's mostly been dust and wipe off spills.
No polishing.

Well, last Friday I was doing a little grocery shopping and found myself in the cleaning aisle where I spotted the cans of Mr Sheen.
Did you know there's a "Citrus Shine" variety now? I didn't.
Aha! I thought. Lemony. I like lemon fragrance. I think I'll try it.

I spent Saturday going from room to room, clearing surfaces and polishing like I was expecting visitors.
But you know what? The Citrus Shine stuff smells a bit like insecticide. Not a lot, just faintly.
Maybe there is an ingredient added to deter termites and other wood loving creepy crawlies? Wood lice?

But I'm getting quite a bit of satisfaction looking around at softly gleaming surfaces that have been crying out for polish for way too long.
So I'll keep using it. But maybe once this can is empty I'll switch back to the "Original" fragrance.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

It's SundaySelections time again!
Time to post photos that have been hiding away in your computer files, photos that you may have completely forgotten about.
Have a hunt through your files and find them.

This idea comes to us from Kim at frogpondsrock, who realised one day that she takes many more photos than she uses, as we all do, and wanted to post some of the older ones on her blog.

A once a week meme seemed like a good idea, so SundaySelections was born, and anyone at all can join in.

I often choose a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week my theme is::

ANGLES.

I bet you never thought geometry could be exciting!

To join in with Sunday Selections, post photos of your choice under the SundaySelections title, then go to Kim's site, add your name to her linky list and leave her a comment.
Then have a look at what others have posted for their selections.
There are some really good photographers out there.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

I've been in a really good mood for the last few days.
I'm happy.
Sometimes life just happens that way.

As I sit here, typing, reading, watching TV, I look around and see that I am surrounded by smiles.
On the walls of my lounge room there are many photos of my family.
Children, grandchilden, both husbands.
All smiling.
In my lounge room there's probably 300 smiles and there's a few in the bedroom too.

And I have other things that are smiling too.
Have a look-->

All....

....of my.....

....dragons.....

....are smiling.

Drusilla, the vampire witch is smiling.

Jessy witch, who holds some of my earrings and necklaces, is smiling.

The little witches (there's twenty of them) that live in the Witch House, are smiling.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

I've been having a little trouble with Blogger. (again)
I'm prompted to sign in, but when I do, I just continually get bounced back to the sign in page.
So I ignore signing in and go straight to reading comments on my latest post.
Then of course, I want to reply to these.
But Blogger isn't recognising me.......

My comment reply comes up as anonymous, with a word verification, which I enter, then up pops the same window with the same comment replies and a different word to verify.
Over and over and over........

So back I go to the sign in page and click on "help"
Eventually work my way through several clues to reset my password, then through another stage to reset my email address, which has changed but not been recognised by Blogger, probably because I didn't do the correct steps for that......but I thought that changing it in my profile settings was all that was necessary.

Anyway, I'm hoping that all of these things that I have just done results in me once more being able to sign in, leave comments, which I haven't been able to do on several of my favourite blogs, and also to leave comment replies on my own blog.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Here in this tub are 2 cauliflower seedlings on the left; 2 broccoli seedlings on the right.
One of my favourite winter side dishes is cauli and broccoli baked in cheese sauce. Preferably served alongside roast beef.

Another cauliflower. I have 4 altogether.

Here is another broccoli. The feathery green in the background is carrots.

In this tub are 4 cabbage seedlings. I really love my green vegetables. See that tiny seedling on the left in the middle?

Here it is again. It's a mini cabbage. Full sized the head is firmly packed and about 4 inches across.
Much more economical for a single (or two) person household.
I have mini cauliflowers too, they're about the same size as this tiny cabbage.

Once this lot is harvested and shared around with my family, the tubs will be dug over, have compost and a little manure added, then they'll sit idle for a couple of months before planting again with summer produce.
I'm thinking of trying cucumbers.......

Line a brownie pan (swiss roll tin/slice tin) with greased foil.
Put butter, sugar, milk, marshmallows in a heavy based saucepan.
Stir over low heat until marshmallows are melted.
Mixture will now begin to boil.
(do not adjust heat)
Continue stirring and boil for eight minutes. Yes, eight. Time it.
Remove from heat, stir in broken up chocolate and vanilla essence.
Pour into prepared pan.
(Try to get it level.)
Allow to cool and set. In fridge.
Turn out, remove foil, cut with knife dipped in hot water.

I know eight minutes seems like a long time, so make this at night when the kids are asleep and not interrupting you....

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Time to post photos that have been hiding away in your computer files, photos that you may have completely forgotten about.
Have a hunt through your files and find them.

This idea comes to us from Kim at frogpondsrock, who realised one day that she takes many more photos than she uses, as we all do, and wanted to post some of the older ones on her blog.

A once a week meme seemed like a good idea, so Sunday Selections was born and anyone at all can join in.

I often choose a theme for my Sunday Selections and this week my theme is:

LICHEN

They're almost like barnacles aren't they?

To join in with Sunday Selections, post photos of your choice under the Sunday Selections title, then go to Kim's site, add your name to her linky list and leave her a comment.
Then have a look at what others have posted for their selections.
There are some really good photographers out there.